Judge Savytskyi arrested for failing to pay bail

The HIgh Anti-Corruption Court took into custody the judge of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City District Court of the Odessa region, Serhiy Savytskyi, for failure to comply with a previous decision regarding bail in the amount of UAH 2.01 million.

As noted, the High Court of Justice had previously set a bail for Savytsky, but the funds were not deposited. After that, the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office applied to the High Council of Justice with a request to arrest the judge, which was approved.

The prosecutor's motion is partially granted. To apply a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 60 days, i.e. until June 4, 2024, to the suspect Savytskyi Serhiy Igorovych. To take Savytskyi into custody in the courtroom

At the same time, the court determined an alternative preventive measure - bail in the amount of UAH 1,514,000. If it is paid, Savitsky will be obliged not to leave the Odessa region without permission, to report a change of residence, to refrain from communicating with certain persons, to surrender his foreign passports and to wear an electronic bracelet.

Serhiy Savitsky is a figure in the EBK database.

Recall, according to the investigation, judges of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City District Court issued decisions on the alleged independent upbringing of a child by a father. These decisions were made for 3,500 US dollars without the participation of the parties, and provided men with the opportunity to avoid mobilization and leave the country under the pretext of caring for the child. In total, investigators recorded 1,040 such decisions.

We previously reported that  the court removed the bracelet from a defendant in the corruption case in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.